Twitter was so many things. Elon Musk killed Twitter. First, he did it figuratively: firing most employees, destabilizing it as a technology and a business, leaving the platform virtually unusable for those who remained. Then, he killed it literally: renaming it X, giving Twitter a final ending after 15 years of chaotic existence. But in
Read MoreThis is a preservation effort, attempting to capture the funniest, weirdest, and most memorable posts before Twitter completely burns down. Buttons break, functions disappear, power users flee, site errors abound: Twitter fell apart faster than even the pessimists anticipated. By the time we arrived on the scene, the damage was already irreversible: many of the
Read MoreThe Creator Micro is designed to be used alongside traditional peripherals like a mouse and keyboard. | Image: Figma Design software company Figma is launching its first dedicated piece of hardware. The Figma Creator Micro is effectively a small mechanical keyboard (aka, a macro pad) equipped with 12 keys and two dials for quick access
Read MoreIllustration by Erik Carter for The Verge Here is a very dumb truth: for a decade, the default answer to nearly every problem in mass media communication involved Twitter. Breaking news? Twitter. Live sports commentary? Twitter. Politics? Twitter. A celebrity has behaved badly? Twitter. A celebrity has issued a Notes app apology for bad behavior?
Read MoreSarah Jeong @Sarah Jeong I’ve had a really good time on here. I’ve also had a really bad time on here lol The first tweet was already unsettling. It was a composite image of things I’d said — largely dug up from five years earlier — screencaps of posts with tiny archive links appended to
Read MoreIn the early ’10s, Twitter was at the height of its power. The company had yet to turn a profit, but it had played a crucial role in the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street, which was nearly as effective for recruiting. While it would never reach the scale of its competitors, the platform dominated
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Read MoreAbhishek Vishnoi / Bloomberg: Filings: Berkshire Hathaway cut its HP stake by almost 50% to 51.5M shares, or 5.2% of the company, down from 97.85M in October, as Dell’s stock outperforms HP — – Berkshire Hathaway cuts stake to 51.5 million shares: filing — Reduction coincides with weak corporate demand for PCs
Read MoreCredit: Twitter/ASUS ROG ASUS has given us a good look at the upcoming ROG Phone 8. The phone offers a much cleaner look than the more garish designs of previous ROG devices. It also seems like the handset might offer a telephoto camera for the first time in the series. ASUS has confirmed that the
Read MoreFoo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: Apple offers to let rivals access its tap-and-go payments systems for mobile wallets, to settle EU antitrust charges and avoid a possible hefty fine — Apple (AAPL.O) has offered to let rivals access its tap-and-go mobile payments systems used for mobile wallets …
Read MoreYouTube removed a snippet of code that publicly disclosed whether a channel receives ad and subscription payouts, obscuring which creators benefit most from the platform.
Read MoreNormally, when we talk about video games having bugs, it’s some kind of item duplication glitch or a hilarious failure in the jacket equip code of some tedious first-person-shooter online wardrobe simulator. Counter-Strike 2 has had a more embarrassing faux-pas, however, with a security hole allowing bad actors to theoretically capture the IPs of their fellow
Read MoreDavid Shepardson / Reuters: Gina Raimondo says Nvidia “can, will, and should” sell commercial AI chips to China, but not advanced AI chips, and spoke to Jensen Huang about the US rules — The Biden administration is in discussions with Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) about permissible sales of artificial intelligence chips …
Read MoreSarah McBride / Bloomberg: Essential AI, founded by two co-authors of Google’s “Attention Is All You Need” paper, emerges from stealth with $56.5M and announces its Enterprise Brain tool — The startup was founded by two co-authors of a famous Google AI paper — Essential AI, an artificial intelligence startup founded …
Read MoreAva Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: Stanford professor David Mills, who led SBF’s defense as favor to his parents, says the FTX founder was “the worst person I’ve ever seen do a cross examination” — Stanford Law Professor David Mills, who led defense for FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried as favor to his parents, now fears ‘unwinnable’ case has
Read MoreAmanda Silberling / TechCrunch: BeReal plans to add Behind the Scenes, an iOS Live Photo-style feature, and RealGroups, for smaller groups; Pew estimates 13% of US teens age 13-17 use BeReal — The up-and-coming social app BeReal continues to vie for users’ attention with more and more bells and whistles.
Read MoreAbhishek Vishnoi / Bloomberg: Filings: Berkshire Hathaway cut its HP stake by almost 50% to 51.5M shares, or 5.2% of the company, down from 97.85M in October, as Dell’s stock outperforms HP — – Berkshire Hathaway cuts stake to 51.5 million shares: filing — Reduction coincides with weak corporate demand for PCs
Read MoreEpic Games has finally won an app store victory in court against Google over its Google Play store.
Read MoreA new report claims Apple has offered to let rivals use its tap-and-go tech on iPhone for mobile payments.
Read MoreWith the launch of the latest OS update, iTunes Movies and TV are officially shutting down.
Read MoreThe watchOS 10.2 update is now available and it brings with it some notable new features.
Read MoreThe Linko puzzle app is the perfect companion to see you through the busy holiday period.
Read MoreBloomberg: Google’s legal defeat to Epic threatens to roil an app store duopoly with Apple that generates ~$200B per year and will likely accelerate weaker app store rules — – Jury decision poised to accelerate crumbling of business model — Case takes aim at app store commissions of up to 30%
Read MoreHow ready are we to harness AI, be it in the cloud or elsewhere? Pluralsight, the technology workforce development company, has released new research on the topic, the Pluralsight AI Skills Report: The Gap Between AI Investments and Worker Readiness, where we can find some answers. Full disclosure: I have many personal friends at Pluralsight,
Read MoreIn today’s fast-paced software industry, engineering organizations need objective measurements and analytical solutions to gauge their performance. Historically, engineering leaders have evaluated outcomes subjectively, lacking the data-driven insights required to drive success. This has hindered engineering leaders from making informed decisions to enhance their teams’ performance and achieve desired outcomes. Amidst this challenge, many organizations
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